St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Freeman-White Associates, Inc.

MEYER, Justice.

This contract issue comes before us in the setting of the construction industry. The question with which the Court is presented is whether certain provisions concerning insurance coverage in the contract between plaintiffs and defendants are ambiguous. The majority in the Court of Appeals concluded that they were. We affirm.

On 26 April 1983 defendant Freeman-White (“Architect”) entered into a contract with plaintiff Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital (“Owner”) to design a 130-bed hospital and medical center. Defendant Funderburk, who had consulted with Freeman-White on structural…